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Flooding in Fort McMurray leads to request for military assistance from Ottawa
April 27, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESSFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Flooding in northern Alberta has led to mandatory evacuations in Fort McMurray and a request to the federal government for military assistance. “We have requested assistance from the federal government as we face this new crisis,”…
Why the Fort McMurray wildfire wasn’t worse
December 10, 2019 by Jason ContantA young, mobile population with strong safety training contributed to a successful evacuation during Canada’s costliest disaster three years ago in Fort McMurray, Alta., an author said recently at Insurance Bureau of Canada’s (IBC) inaugural Commercial Insurance Symposium. “Most work…
ServiceMaster Restore Announces New Location in Fort McMurray
November 14, 2018 by ServiceMaster of Canada LimitedFORT McMURRAY, AB, NOV. 14, 2018/insPRESS/ – ServiceMaster Restore is proud to announce the opening of its newest location in Fort McMurray, Alberta under the ownership of Patrick Schwenning and Josh Wildman. Stephan Roy, National Director of ServiceMaster Restore, expressed his enthusiasm…
Walmart fined $20K for selling contaminated food after Fort McMurray wildfire
October 1, 2018 The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Walmart Canada has been ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for selling contaminated food after a devastating wildfire in northern Alberta two years ago. Some of the charges against Walmart included failing to dispose of food…
Fort McMurray airport sues insurer for $34 million in wildfire losses
June 25, 2018 by Jason ContantThe Fort McMurray Airport Authority (FMAA) is suing FM Global for more than $34 million, contending that the insurer breached its obligations under a policy in place during the Fort McMurray wildfire in May 2016. In a statement of claim…
The new threat facing Fort McMurray (and other parts of Western Canada)
June 11, 2018 by Jason ContantWith hundreds of claims from the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire still unresolved as of late last month, Alberta residents could be forgiven for still worrying about wildfire risks in their own backyard. The Canadian Press recently reported that as of…
Two-year deadline for Fort McMurray insurance claims extended
May 17, 2018 The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Deadlines have been extended for hundreds of insurance claims that remain unresolved more than two years after a wildfire dubbed “The Beast” tore through Fort McMurray and surrounding areas in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.…
Hundreds of Fort McMurray insurance claims unresolved two years after wildfire
May 17, 2018 by900 residential claims are outstanding, but 85% have been granted extensions
Fort McMurray embraces plan to bolster wildfire prevention in region
January 31, 2018 The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Lawmakers in Fort McMurray have approved a plan to help prevent destructive wildfires such as the one that ravaged the community in 2016. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council says the five-year mitigation strategy includes…
Fort McMurray embraces plan to bolster wildfire prevention in region
January 31, 2018 byFive-year program outlines practical, operational and outcomes-based approaches
‘Resilient, but tired:’ Mental effects of wildfire lingering in Fort McMurray
December 18, 2017 The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Firefighter Mark Stephenson says he can’t drive through Fort McMurray without being brought back to May 2016. That’s when, in the thick of battling a ferocious wildfire that destroyed 10 per cent of the northern Alberta…
Beware ‘event amnesia’ following Fort McMurray wildfire, NICC speaker warns
October 5, 2017 Jason Contant, Online EditorFollowing Canada’s costliest natural disaster, Fort McMurray may be more resilient in the short- and medium-term, but there needs to be an avoidance of “event amnesia,” a speaker suggested earlier this week at the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC).…